Gavril Simeonovich Tsarov

Gavril Simeonovich Tsarov (16 October 1975-11 February 2015) was a leader of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) during the Ukrainian Civil War.

Biography
Gavril Simeonovich Tsarov was born on 16 October 1975 in Selydove in the eastern parts of the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union to a Ukrainian family. Tsarov was a supporter of pro-Russia causes in Ukraine for many years, and in 2014 he backed the creation of a Donetsk People's Republic after the Ukrainian Revolution. In the following Ukrainian Civil War, Tsarov fought for the DPR against the Ukrainian Army. On 11 February 2015, Tsarov was killed in a gunfight near Mariupol by the Ukrainian army, but his guerrilla troops pushed the government forces back.